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A Java Simulator for Membrane Computing
Author/s | Nepomuceno Chamorro, Isabel de los Ángeles |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos |
Publication Date | 2004 |
Deposit Date | 2022-07-20 |
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Abstract | Membrane Computing is a recent area of Natural Computing, a topic where
much work has been done but still much remains to be done. There are some applica tions which have been developed in imperative languages, like C++, ... Membrane Computing is a recent area of Natural Computing, a topic where much work has been done but still much remains to be done. There are some applica tions which have been developed in imperative languages, like C++, or in declaratives languages, as Prolog, working in the framework of P systems. In this paper, a software tool (called SimCM, from Spanish Simulador de Computaci´on con Membranas) for handling P systems is presented. The program can simulate basic transition P Systems where dissolution of membranes and priority rules are allowed. The software applica tion is carried out in an imperative and object-oriented language – Java. We choose Java because it is a scalable and distributed language. Working with Java is the first step to cross the border between simulations and a distributed implementation able to capture the parallelism existing in the membrane computing area. This tool is a friendly application which allows us to follow the evolution of a P system easily and in a visual way. The program can be used to move the P system theory closer to the biologist and all the people who wants to learn and understand how this model works. |
Citation | Nepomuceno Chamorro, I.d.l.Á. (2004). A Java Simulator for Membrane Computing. Journal of Universal Computer Science, 10 (5), 620-629. |
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